DIRT

At the risk of sounding philosophical:
Browsing through Facebook, I came across a lot of status updates about how deceiving, dishonest, untrustworthy, etc, people are these days. All of them were coherent in their thoughts of wanting to live only for themselves from 'now on' and that they don't need anybody 'now'. They have been cheated on and their trust has been broken in some way and thus they have, most probably, jumped to conclusions about what they need to do from 'now on' or 'now'.

But what if even they have done similar stuff to someone else? What if they, you and me are all guilty of such deeds? Thinking on these lines a thought (in the form of a poem) came to my mind, which is there at the end of this post. Is there anybody who's not dirty? If yes, you can stop right here, if no, then what happens next?

dhaaga chahe jo ho
maila to har kapda hai
par dekh kripa us nadiya ki
kaise har mail ko vo pive hai

maila kahan hai ye kapda
maila to wo daag hai
jo badh jave roop iska
to wo kapda jag ko tyag hai


According to me:
No matter who the person is, everybody has been on the wrong side of the things sometime in his/her life.
But there is some universal power that cleans us of all that dirt and makes us anew.

It's not the individual that is dirty,
it's his/her deeds that are (this thought first came to Gandhiji but really, I haven't taken it from him)
but if such deeds increase beyond a limit,
it's not the deeds that are abandoned by the world, it's the person that is.

So if I feel I should live and think only for myself, then I am abandoning this world, or am I really?

LIVING - II

Wait for the sunrise sometime
Before it golds everything it finds
The moment just before dawn
Isn't that the darkest time?

Bury a seed deep in the ground
And go about doing your chores around
Doesn't that tiny plant of life shatters
The mighty earth, to leave you astound?

Go to a shore when the tide is high
Divided by husky rocks, never left dry
There's a passion in waves to meet the moon
Don't they fight the rocks, till they die?

Watch the rich as they laugh and smile
As they eat and drink being guile
Now look beyond wealth into their hearts
Are they really happy, or have riles in piles?

So stop for a moment, take out some time
Breath a little, watch nature's mimes
If you feel tired, sad, depressed or scared
Open up your heart and reread this rhyme

Here's LIVING - I

TUM JO AAYE ZINDAGI MEIN

तुम जो आये ज़िंदगी में
बेरंग दुनिया की साद्गी में
जैसे भरे हैं रंग सूरज की किरणें
तुम्ही से तो है सूरज ज़िंदगी में

तुम जो आये ज़िंदगी में 
मज़ा सा है अब जीने में
किसी चित्रकार का सपना हो जैसे
तुम सपनो में, सपने तुम्ही से

तुम जो आये ज़िंदगी में 
नज़रों में मेरी, मेरी हर ख़ुशी में
तुम्ही से है हर फूल बेखुदी में
जो फेर्लो नज़रें तो है ये जहां बेरुखी में

तुम जो आये ज़िंदगी में 
खोया सा हूँ अब आवार्गी में
क्या जियेंगे वो  जिनके पास है खुदा
जीना तो है तब जब तुम हो ज़िंदगी में 

A LITTLE PART - II

Live your world the way you like
I'm a little part of your life
I want to be when no one is
To keep you smiling and in bliss

Maybe you'd never know
Maybe I'd never show
That our worlds are not apart
Because we live in each others' hearts

There's something I want to say
That we'll never part ways
When the clouds begin to tear
Don't be afraid, I'll always be there

When your eyes rain more than clouds
When no one hears your cries so loud
I'll wipe your tears off your heart
And play my little part

Here's A Little Part - I